Person Record

Metadata

Name

Burgess, Elizabeth Oliver ("Olive")

Other Names

Olive Burgess

Born

June 14, 1896

Deceased

Jan. 13, 1980

Deceased

Southampton

Father

William Burgess

Mother

Christina Thompson Rowand

Spouse

Never married

Relationships

Brothers - James Rowand Burgess and William Noble Burgess

Occupation

Olive kept house at the farm and cared for her parents and brother. She was active in Church work, the Sunday School, the Bible Society and the Women's Missionary Society at Burgoyne Presbyterian Church.

Places

In 1897, Olive's father purchased a large house at the east end of Mill St., Port Elgin. He and his family lived there, but would spend a month or two in the big farm house at lot 13, Con. A, Arran Township where her father resided before becoming a lawyer. In 1915, Olive and her brothers moved out to live on the farm, and around 1917, William and Christina moved there too. After her brothers died, Olive went to live in Port Elgin with her sister-in-law Nellie (Mrs. Noble Burgess). Olive is buried in Burgoyne.

Sources

Sources:
a) Saugeen History Hunters. "Roots and Branches of Saugeen, 1854-1984: a history of Saugeen Township." [Port Elgin, Ont.]: Saugeen History Hunters, 1984.
b) James and Elizabeth Burgess fonds, BCM&CC A2012.087.
Sources:
c) Obituary, Bruce County Genealogical Society surname collection;